Challenges of Security
We all want good security as we travel and after 9/11 most of us would agree that security is better than ever. I have said many times, as have others, that the inconveniences of security checks is a minor price to pay for the increase in security that we feel. At this stage I would […]
The Computer Systems Policy Project
Reflection – written February 7, 2002 The Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) has released its new paper, Building the Foundation of the Networked World: A Vision for 21st Century Wired and Wireless Broadband. Lou Gerstner, along with other CSPP CEOs, participated in meetings in late January 2002 to present the paper to Congressional leaders and […]
Cable Or DSL – Who Is The Winner?
The single question that I get asked the most in my travels is which is better, DSL or cable? The related question often asked is which will win? The short answer is — the consumer. However, the questions are part of the bigger issue of “speed”. The Next Generation of the Internet has many new […]
Content for Kids
In Net Attitude, I wrote quite a bit about the importance of talking to teenagers. They hold many of the clues as to what the Future of the Internet will be like. The kids totally get the Internet and studies have now proven what may be the obvious — nearly 90% of teenagers in America […]
Bandwidth Galore (Update)
In a story entitled “Fujitsu Tests Optical WDM Communication Spanning 7,400km at 2.4Tbps”, published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., we see some impressive but not unexpected news. In Net Attitude, I talked quite a bit in the chapter called Fast about how we would have “Bandwidth Galore”. I also wrote a 1998 reflection by that […]
